How to Find Saved WiFi Password on Mac?

In this article, I am going to show you that how to find saved wifi password on Mac operating system. You might have faced thousands of times and tried to know the password of those WiFi which you have connected your Mac laptop or Desktop on that Wireless access point. This really works and is a good way to get information about the connected Wireless access point password. For instance; You might have gone to your friends home and your friend connected your device to the WAP and now you don’t know what is the password. If you want to know and find saved WiFi password so let’s get started.

Find Saved WiFi Password on Mac

For this demonstration, I’m going to use the KeyChain built-in software which is already installed on the Mac operating system and you don’t need any third-party software to do this task.

Step #1. Search for the KeyChain by tapping on the search icon at the upper right-hand side of the screen. Type the KeyChain then hit enter.

Search KeyChain Access

Search KeyChain Access

Step #2. KeyChain Window will pop up for you and you have to click on the System from the left-hand side then Choose Passwords from the Category. Double click on the network that your computer has been connected to that network. Here want to know the password of Shabbir network.

KeyChain Access

KeyChain Access

Step #3. In this step, in attributes tab click on Show password.

Attributes

Attributes

Step #4. You will be asked to enter your username plus password.

Enter Username & Password

Enter Username & Password

OS X wants to make changes so type an administrator’s name and password to allow demonstration. Hit allow continuing this process.

Credintial

Credential

Step #5. Now you can see the saved WiFi password.

Show Saved WiFi Password

Show Saved WiFi Password

We all recommend you to see this article as well.

Wireless Access Point Essential Configuration

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Mukhtar Jafari is the founder and CEO of wikigain.com. He is CISCO CCENT & CCNA Certified and has got his diploma in IT Networking from North Metro TAFE PERTH. He is currently working as a Help Desk Technician at DEEPTECH Perth Western Australia. In addition, he loves helping other tech enthusiasts so he is working part-time on wikigain.com. He shares his experience through this website for IT beginners.

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